New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

Recent bipartisan privacy and online safety initiatives reflect growing concern over youth mental health, online exploitation, and manipulative digital design. Our ...

Regulators are intensifying efforts to address the complex challenges of protecting children’s privacy and safety in an increasingly digital world. As experts warn of the psychological and ...

March 27, 2025 - In recent years, the United States has seen a significant surge in adopting state-level data privacy laws. With the number of those laws now at 20 and counting, the states' laws have ...

The internet has transformed nearly every corner of our lives. Commerce, communication, education, and civic participation have all flourished in the digital age. But while we’ve embraced these ...

In the last few years, a wave of state-level data privacy laws has swept across the United States. What started with California’s landmark Consumer Privacy Act has ...

Bills that would seek to provide greater online protections for kids moved forward on both sides of Capitol Hill on Thursday, though a House measure was pulled back from a committee vote in a bid for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.K.'s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, putting age gates on content deemed unsuitable for minors, including ...